(SportsNetwork.com) - The Philadelphia Flyers will aim for their third win of
the season against the Ottawa Senators, as the Eastern Conference combatants
complete their 2013-14 season series in Monday's clash at Canadian Tire
Center.

Philadelphia is 2-0 against the Senators this season and scored five goals in
each victory. The Flyers recorded a 5-0 win in Ottawa on Nov. 12 and then
earned a 5-2 home decision on Nov. 19.

The Flyers have claimed three straight and four of the last five encounters
with the Sens overall and Philly has won two in a row and three of its past
four tests in Canada's capital city.

Ottawa enters Monday's season-series finale against the Flyers having lost two
straight and four of its last five games. The Senators were able to record a
point in their most recent outing, dropping Saturday's shootout decision
against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.

James van Riemsdyk scored 97 seconds into the game and again in a shootout to
help the Maple Leafs notch the 4-3 win. It was Toronto's first road win since
Oct. 30, ending a seven-game slide as the guest.

Ottawa did well to earn a point on Saturday, as the Senators rallied from a
3-1 deficit with third-period goals by Erik Condra and Erik Karlsson. However,
Maple Leafs goaltender James Reimer stopped Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek in
the shootout.

Clarke MacArthur also scored for the Senators, who fell to 3-7-1 in their last
11 games.

"We fell a little short tonight, but there was a lot of positive for us," said
MacArthur. "They found a way to score on some opportunities, but I think we
outplayed them here."

Ottawa suffered its fifth straight loss on home ice and fell to 4-8-3 this
season at Canadian Tire Centre.

The Flyers, meanwhile, lost for the second time in three games Saturday
afternoon in Dallas and are now 2-2-0 on a six-game road trip that is set to
end Wednesday at Chicago. All told, Philadelphia is 6-7-2 as the visiting team
this season.

Philly was slammed 5-1 by the Stars on Saturday, as Tyler Seguin recorded a
natural hat trick in the second period to lead the hosts to the easy win at
American Airlines Center.

Andrej Meszaros provided the sole offense for the Flyers, who played without
co-leading goal scorer Vincent Lecavalier for the third straight time.
On Sunday, the Flyers announced Lecavalier will miss the next 3-to-4 weeks
with a non-displaced fracture in his lower back.

Although Lecavalier has posted a solid 14 points on nine goals and five
assists in his first season as a Flyer, he's also been plagued by injuries.
The 33-year-old center has battled various ailments while playing in just 22
of Philadelphia's 29 games so far in 2013-14.

"I would say we're probably going to get by as is," Flyers general manager
Paul Holmgren said of the injury situation. "(Lecavalier) does play a big role
on our team. It's hard to go out and replace a guy like that. You just have to
hope other guys pick it up. There's opportunity for other guys to perform
now."

Steve Mason allowed four goals on 26 shots in Saturday's loss and was pulled
after the second period. It was the first time the former Columbus goaltender
had surrendered more than three goals since arriving in Philly in a trade with
the Blue Jackets last season. Ray Emery finished with seven saves in the final
20 minutes.

"There were some mistakes we did against their top players and they put it in
the back of the net," Flyers captain Claude Giroux said after the loss in
Dallas. "We can't be making those mistakes."

Mason could get the start again on Monday and is sporting a 5-2-0 record and a
1.71 goals against average in seven career games against the Senators. Emery,
a former Senator, is 2-0 with a 1.00 GAA in two lifetime tests against his old
club.

In addition to Lecavalier, the Flyers also could be without defenseman Kimmo
Timonen on Monday. The veteran blueliner left Saturday's game with an upper-
body injury and did not return. He is questionable for tonight's contest.